Catherine Afeku

Hon.
Catherine Afeku
MP
Catherine Afeku
Minister of Tourism, Culture
and Creative Arts
In office
February 2017 – February 2019
PresidentNana Akuffo-Addo
Succeeded byBarbara Oteng Gyasi
Member of Parliament for
Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira Constituency
In office
7 January 2017 – 6 January 2021
PresidentNana Akuffo-Addo
Preceded byKweku Tanikyi Kesse
Succeeded byKofi Arko Nokoe
Member of Parliament for
Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira Constituency
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama
Preceded byKojo Armah
Succeeded byKweku Tanikyi Kesse
Personal details
Born
Catherine Ablema Afeku

(1967-06-27) 27 June 1967 (age 57)
Axim in the Western Region
NationalityGhana Ghanaian
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
SpouseSeth Afeku
Children3
Alma materDeVry University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionMarketer
CommitteesCommunication Committee
Business Committee

Catherine Ablema Afeku (born June 27, 1967) is a Ghanaian politician. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the Member of Parliament for the Evalue Gwira Constituency in the Western Region. She was a cabinet minister in the Nana Akuffo-Addo administration and served as the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts of Ghana from February 2017 to February 2019.[1][2][3]

She was reshuffled from the Ministry of Tourism to the Presidency of the Republic of Ghana on 28 February 2019.[4] She is currently a Minister of State at the Office of the President, assigned to the Office of the Senior Minister.[5]

  1. ^ "Meet Akufo-Addo's 36 ministerial nominees". Ghana Web. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. ^ "12 More Ministers Picked". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Photojournalists in Western Region boycott Catherine Afeku's programmes". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. ^ "MINISTER of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Abelema Afeku, has been removed in a reshuffle by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo". Graphic of Ghana. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Catherine Afeku speaks about her new post at Osafo Marfo's office". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 16 March 2019.